Concrete Contractors in Romulus, MI

Romulus is Taylor's western neighbor across Inkster Road, but it feels very different. The city covers 35.95 square miles with about 25,178 residents, which makes it one of the least crowded cities in Wayne County. Detroit Metropolitan Airport sits inside city limits, and many homes stand on larger lots with long drives, detached garages and outbuildings. People who call concrete contractors in Romulus often want more concrete, not less: wider driveways, bigger pads, and slabs for garages and sheds. We pour driveways, patios, stamped concrete, walks and steps, garage and shed slabs, and repair worn sections.

Old township, young city

Romulus Township was set off from Huron Township by the Michigan Territorial Council on March 17, 1835, and Pullen's Corners, now known as Five Points, was platted in 1836. The Samuel Kingsley Home on Hunt Street and the White Church at Five Points were stops on the Underground Railroad. The township became a city only in 1970. Its borders follow the section roads: Van Born to the north, Pennsylvania to the south, Inkster to the east and Hannan to the west.

Because Romulus grew slowly and in patches, its homes range from farmhouses to recent subdivisions. That means concrete jobs here vary a lot. One visit might be a long gravel drive that the owner wants paved in concrete. The next might be a 1970s subdivision driveway with a cracked apron.

Big slabs need a solid base

A larger driveway or a garage slab carries more weight over more area, so base work matters even more. The ground in Romulus sits around 659 feet and is mostly flat, on the same poorly drained lakeplain clay found across southern Wayne County. Before we pour a big slab, we strip topsoil, place and compact aggregate in layers, and plan joint spacing so the slab cracks where we want it to. For garage and outbuilding slabs, we talk through the use: a workshop floor, a boat or trailer pad, or parking for a truck. Thickness and reinforcement follow from that.

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Near the airport and the freeways

I-94 and I-275 both run through Romulus, and the airport, the Wayne County Airport Authority, and large distribution centers bring heavy truck traffic to some roads. For homeowners near those corridors, we plan delivery timing carefully. For long rural drives, we also look at how the driveway meets the road, since a drive approach that crosses a ditch needs the right grade and sometimes a culvert. We confirm what the city requires for your address before work begins.

What Romulus owners ask us for

• Driveways: new concrete over old gravel, long drive replacements, wide aprons
• Patios: large backyard patios on open lots
• Stamped concrete: decorative patios and front walks
• Sidewalks and steps: walks from the drive to the door and new stoops
• Garage and shed slabs: detached garages, pole barn and shed floors, trailer pads
• Repair and replacement: cracked aprons, sunken panels and broken steps

Call (313) 351-8654 to set up a visit anywhere in Romulus, from the Five Points area to the neighborhoods near Hannan Road.